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Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
The role of the Data Protection Officer – what you need to know
With every passing month, the onset of the General Data Protection Regulation seems to gather additional momentum.
FTSE 100 bosses earn 160 times the average wage: should they get a pay cut?
Last week it was revealed that the FTSE 100 bosses earn 160 times the average wage at £4.5m a year, although it has reduced significantly from 2015 when the average was £5.4m.
Roam like at home – how will the new roaming ruling impact small businesses?
As of June this year, the EU introduced it’s new ‘roam like at home’ regulation.
Rise in claims on horizon following scrapping of employment tribunal fees
Following The Supreme Court’s decision to immediately abolish employment tribunal fees, which were declared to prevent an individual’s right of access to justice there has been a warning that this move will lead to a rise in employment tribunal applications, and in turn, even insurance claims.
Pimlico Plumbers’ employment status case heading for the Supreme Court
I’ve received the most wonderful news that my company, Pimlico Plumbers, has been granted permission to appeal our long-running and potentially ground-breaking employment case to the Supreme Court.
Leadership in crisis – the new Growth Business opportunity
Leaders are scared and struggling in this new era of extraordinary and unexpected disruption.
Does data hold the key to making meetings more efficient?
The meeting: a fundamental activity for any organisation, whatever the size or sector. But do meetings serve a purpose and are they efficient? According to authors Michael C Mankin and Eric Garton in their book Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team’s Productive Power, senior executives now spend the equivalent of two […]
How will UK banks be impacted by Facebook’s new license?
In 2015, it emerged that Facebook was going to be moving into the banking arena.
HMRC’s “archaic” pension tax relief system discriminates against lower paid and needs “urgent overhaul”
There has been a call for an urgent overhaul of the archaic HMRC tax rules which are denying the lower paid the chance of a comfortable retirement and unfairly benefitting those on higher salaries.
Supreme Court has opened the floodgates and employers will drown in tribunals
I am shaking with rage I’m so angry about today’s Supreme Court ruling that says that charging people to bring employment tribunal cases against employers is illegal.
Automation: the future of finance
The speed of service and one-click mentality that digitalisation offers is transforming traditional industries. Various sectors are evolving and adapting to incorporate automation.
Standing up for older workers
In just five years, it is predicted, one in three of the working age population will be over the age of 50 and expecting to work beyond the traditional retirement age of 65.
New creative coworking spaces in London for 2017
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Why failing is for winners
Nobody likes to lose. Especially these days. Disruption moves like a tremendous shape shifter through our businesses and organisations, continually changing the stakes and redefining the rules.
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